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` .CAR GOUPLING. No. 364,104. PatentedMay 31, 1887.

WI TJV' ESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. v

DANIEL JOSEPH HARD/ING, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FOURTHS TO JOHN STRANGECAIN, ROY/MCDONALD, AND PAUL GAIN, ALL OE SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,104. dated May 31, 1887."

` Application tiled February 15, 1887. Serial No. 227,685. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL J osEPH HARD- ING, a citizen of the United States, resident of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Couplings; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or ngures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of my improved car-coupling applied. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom view. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical l sectional view.

`and is connected bya chain, G, to apin, H, on

the pulley I, fixed to the transverse crank-rod J, supported in bearings KK,projecting from the end of the car-body at a proper and convenient height from the ground.

In rear ofthe pin-holes C D, and preferably back of the rear wall of the mouth ofthe drawhead, I provide a pin-hole, K, which passes vertically entirely through the draw-head.

Passing vertically down through the pinhole K is a headed lifting-rod, L, the lower end of which rod L is split or recessed to tit over the lifting-leverM, near the front end of' the latter. rlhe head of the lifting-rod L is connected by a chain, N, which passes up along the rear of the pulley I, and has its upper end secured to the front of the pulley I by the same pin H that secures the chain Q (which may be a continuation of the chain N) to the 5o pulley I. The lower end of the chain Qis con- A nected to an eye in the head of the couplingpin R. In the lower wall of the draw-head, near the front edge of the said lower wall, I provide a pin-hole, S, through which thestem T of the lifter-plate U iu the mouth of the draw-head passes. The stem Tis passed down through pin-hole S, and its lower end is connected to the front end of the lifting-lever M, the rear end of said liftinglever M being fulcrumed or hinged between bearings on the vlower face of the draw-bar V, which is supported in the usual manner between the timbers under the car-body.

The crank-arms at the ends of the crank-rod .I depend normally-that is, when the coupling-pin is in its seat said arms project downwardly.

By turning either of thecranks of the rod J upwardly and toward the front, 'orin the direc- 7c tion away from the end of the car-body, the coupling-pin R will be lifted or raised in kits sea-t to permit the introduction or withdrawal of the coupling-link. When the coupling-link is in place and it is desired to couple with an- 7 5 other car on which the draw-head is higher than the one in which thelink is held,by turning thedepending crank backward or toward the body of the car the lifter-plate Uwill be Y raised in the mouth ofthe draw-head and will 8c carry the link up with it, so that the projecting end of the link may readily enter the mouth of the opposing draw-head.

The lifter-plate,when down or lowered, rests in a recess or depression in the lower wall of thedraw-head, so that it cannot be struck by a link when entering the mouth of the drawhead. f

In applying the improvement to drawheads already constructeddt is only necessary to provide the additional pin-holes herein used in front and rear of the ordinary coupling-pin holes.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

l. The combination, with the draw-bar and lthe draw-.head provided with the couplingpin hole, the aligned pin-holes in rear thereof, and l end a Vpivoted vertical lifter-stem extending the pin-hole in the lower wall near the mouth through an aperture in the.front of the drawof the draw-head,of the lifting-lever,the lifter- I head-floor, and having middle connection with plate connected by its stem to the lifting-lever, the transverse operating crank-rod, substam-v t 5 the coupling-pin, the lifting-rod, the eranktiailly as specified.

rod provided with the pulley, and the chains In testimony whereof I` ax my signature connecting the ooupling'pin and lifting-rod toin presence of two witnesses.

said pulley, substantially as speeied.l DANIEL JOSEPH HARDIN G.

2. A draw-head having a.- longitudinal lift- Vitnesses: 'i

ing-lever slotted at itsl rear end and pivoted to WM. E. KEYES,

the rear of said draw-head,carrying atits front T. W. SPINDLE. 

